Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6,…

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

66.5% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• http://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1021381 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 7583 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• TA08-352A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• VU#493881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 32721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 7477 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• HPSBST02397 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-sundays (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatched-drive-by-exploit-found-on-the-web/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 7403 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• TA08-344A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 7410 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• MS08-078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 33089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:31 UTC.